FORT MYERS, Fla. — What some see as the biofuel of the future starts out as short, thick stems with a few leaves sticking out at sharp angles. But in just a few years, they will be tall, leafy trees ...

Although summer is often wet in Kona, you might want to start thinking about the dry times ahead while planting some flowering plants in your summer. Consider a few jatropha varieties that are ...

Renewable energy, it turns out, does grow on trees. The fruit pods plucked from jatropha trees have seeds that produce clean-burning diesel fuel. But unlike corn and other biofuel sources, the ...

Kakamega,Kenya:An unknown disease has foiled efforts to introduce a new tree species in Kakamega County. The Jatropha tree, known to contain biofuel in its fruit is being attacked by an unknown ...